{"id":220,"date":"2007-01-19T20:46:15","date_gmt":"2007-01-20T01:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/19\/95-dougs-mix-p\/"},"modified":"2007-01-19T20:50:29","modified_gmt":"2007-01-20T01:50:29","slug":"95-dougs-mix-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/95-dougs-mix-p\/","title":{"rendered":"9.5 Doug&#8217;s mix  :P"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My college buddy Doug sent me a retro+new mixed tape today of bands we&#8217;ve loved and newer stuff he likes, and it&#8217;s joyous and melancholy, and in heavy rotation.    One of the few images that persists in my sorry small brain is Doug playing perfect air guitar in the window of our second story frat room to &#8220;Everybody Wants To Rule The World&#8221;.  Thanks for sharing that blissful moment of music with me, and the knowledge that it is always there to lift us up.  Word.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Order: Waiting for the Siren&#8217;s Call, Krafty<\/li>\n<li>Erasure: Breathe, I&#8217;ll Be There, Let&#8217;s take one more rocket&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Pet Shop Boys: (lots)<\/li>\n<li>Robbie Williams: Kiss Me (redux)<\/li>\n<li>Fisher: You<\/li>\n<li>Mute Math: Typical, Plan B<\/li>\n<li>Switchfoot: The Shadow Proves the Sunshine<\/li>\n<li>Eluvium: Perfect Neglect&#8230;, An Accidental Memory&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My college buddy Doug sent me a retro+new mixed tape today of bands we&#8217;ve loved and newer stuff he likes, and it&#8217;s joyous and melancholy, and in heavy rotation. One of the few images that persists in my sorry small brain is Doug playing perfect air guitar in the window of our second story frat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/95-dougs-mix-p\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">9.5 Doug&#8217;s mix  :P<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-my-rowdy-friends","category-heavy-rotation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-3y","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":224,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/90-human-league-all-i-ever-wanted\/","url_meta":{"origin":220,"position":0},"title":"9.0 Human League &#8211; All I Ever Wanted","author":"m","date":"February 2, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"As a continuation of the 80's nostalgia theme of Doug's recent mix, I dug up this gem from a couple years ago. 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